March 2014

March 2014
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						spacer Iditarod Race Begins Justin Bieber born, 1994 Peace Corps Anniversary National Pig Day Peanut Butter Lover's Day Share a Smile Day Yellowstone National Park Established (1872) 1
spacer Dr. Seuss born, 1904 Read Across America Day 2	spacer Patricia MacLachlan born, 1938 Erik Blegvad born, 1923 National Anthem Day Inventor Alexander Graham Bell born, 1847 3	spacer Mardi GrasAlways 47 days before Easter; also known as Fat Tuesday. First meeting of Congress (1789) 4	spacer Boston Massacre (1770) Dav Pilkey born, 1966 Mem Fox born, 1946 5	spacer Oreo Cookies FOR SALE! Sold for the 1st time in 1912. Artist Michelangelo born, 1475 Chris Raschka born, 1959 6	spacer National Cereal Day Scientist Luther Burbank born, 1849 Telephone Patent Granted (1876) 7	spacer International Women's Day Robert Sabuda born, 1965 8
spacer Daylight Savings Time Begins Explorer Amerigo Vespucci born, 1454 Barbie's Birthday(1959) 9	spacer Commonwealth Day Abolitionist Harriet Tubman Day Jack Kent born, 1920 1st Paper Money Issued in 1862 10	spacer Author Ezra Jack Keats born, 1916 Wanda Gag born, 1893 Jonathan London born, 1947 Johnny Appleseed Day Earthquakes devastate Japan (2011) 11	spacer Girl Scout Day Anniversary of the Death of Anne Frank (1945) Carl Hiaasen born, 1953 Virginia Hamilton born, 1936 12	spacer Ellen Raskin born, 1928 Good Samaritan Day Uranus Discovered(1781) 13	spacer Marguerite de Angeli born, 1889 Anniversary of the National Wildlife Refuge System Pi Day (3.14) Scientist Albert Einstein born, 1879 Casey Jones born, 1863 14	spacer Purim Begins at sundown. Absolutely Incredible Kid Day Julius Caesar Assassinated (44 B.C.) Ides of March 15
spacer Sid Fleischman born, 1920 James Madison born, 1751 (4th President) 16	spacer Kate Greenaway born, 1846 Wendell Minor born, 1944 Rubber Band Invented St. Patrick's Day 17	spacer First Walk in Space (1965) Sparky the Fire Dog Grover Cleveland born, 1837 (22nd & 24th President) 18	spacer Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano 19	spacer 1st Day of Spring Mitsumasa Anno born, 1926 Lois Lowry born, 1937 Louis Sachar born, 1954 Big Bird's Birthday Sesame Street character 20	spacer First Ever Tweetmade on Twitter, 2006 Children's Poetry Day National Teen-Agers Day Lisa Desimini born, 1964 Single Parents' Day Benito Juarez born, 1806 (Political Leader) 21	spacer Randolph Caldecott born, 1846 National Goof Off Day National Sing-Out Day United Nations World Water Day 22
spacer Toast Day Political Leader Patrick Henry declared, "Give me liberty...", 1775 23	spacer Harry Houdiniborn, 1874 Exxon Valdez runs aground (1989) 24	spacer Pancakes First Made (1882) Kate DiCamillo born, 1964 Sculptor Gutzon Borglum born, 1871 25	spacer Make up Your own Holiday Day Poet Robert Frost born, 1874 Jerry Pallotta born, 1953 26	spacer Alaska hit by 8.4 Earthquake (1964) Dick King-Smith born, 1922 27	spacer "Greatest Show on Earth" formed 1881 Doreen Cronin Birthday 28	spacer Coca-Cola was Invented in 1886 Armed Forces left Vietnam (1973) 29
spacer Doctor's Day Alaska Purchased from the Russian Empire (1867) Pencil with Eraser Patented(1858) Artist Vincent van Gogh born, 1853 30	spacer Beni Montresor born, 1926 First Map of the US Published(1784) Tater Day Mathematician Rene Descartes born, 1596 31

More Lesson Plans!

Also see our other March Lesson Plans, Thematic Units and Activities
Special Goings-On

American Red Cross Month

Music in Our Schools Month

National Craft Month

National Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week (1st Week)

National Umbrella Month

National Frozen Food Month

National Noodle Month

National Nutrition Month

National Peanut Month

National Sauce Month

National Women's History Month (Links below)

Youth Art Month
Newspapers in Our School Week (1st Week)

Return Those Borrowed Books Week (1st Week)

Bubble Gum Week (2nd Week)

National Procrastination Week (2nd Week)

Clean Your Closet Week (17th - 24th)

National Agriculture Week


National Women's History Month

A Look at Women's History Month by the National Women's History Project

Places Where Women Made History: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary

The National Women's Hall of Fame

Women's History at About.com